GC2HPG7 Horcrux #7 - Harry Potter (Auckland) (Traditional Cache) in North Island, New Zealand created by Ledge End

This cache has been archived.

ledge end: Finally removed this one - thanks everyone for coming by over the years :)

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A cache by Ledge End Message this owner

Hidden : 11/2/2010

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NOTE: I have decided this would all be more manageable as discrete caches rather than as a series, so I am starting the archiving process.
The other caches will be findable until the end of Feb '12 to give everyone a chance to find them.
Anyone who finds the remaining 5 caches can email me for the final co-ords so that you can finish the series.
Some caches will be replaced with new hides without the HP theme.
Thanks all for dropping by over the last year and a half :)
Harry Potter is the seventh Horcrux in the Harry Potter series, and is the seventh cache of seven in this Harry Potter-themed series.
Inside each of the seven caches is part of the co-ordinates for the puzzle cache (GC2ATK8). Find the horcruxes, destroy (log) them and then defeat (log...) He Who Must Not Be Named.
The seven horcruxes are all 200ml sistema's, with camo paint.

Voldemort inadvertently sealed a fragment of his soul within Harry Potter while attempting to murder the boy. The event took place just before the opening chapter of the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has explicitly stated that Harry never became a proper "Dark object" since the Horcrux spell was not cast. Regardless, as with all Horcruxes, Voldemort would remain immortal so long as his soul fragment remained within Harry. That portion of Voldemort's soul is unintentionally destroyed by Voldemort himself at the close of the thirty-fourth chapter of the Deathly Hallows with the help of the Elder Wand.
As a baby, Harry Potter was in the room when Voldemort's fatal Killing Curse backfired. Voldemort's soul had been weakened and destabilized by his continuous murders and the creation of his previous Horcruxes. Harry became a de facto Horcrux when a fragment of Voldemort's soul attached itself to him after the unsuccessful curse. The lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead is a direct result of this attempted murder. This connection is used to explain several important plot points. Throughout the series, Harry is able to receive insight into Voldemort's mental and emotional states, allowing the reader to eavesdrop on the series' primary antagonist. This insight is usually accompanied by pain in the scar on Harry's forehead. Through Voldemort, Harry also inherited the ability to speak and understand Parseltongue. It is also revealed by Rowling in an interview that Harry's frequent pain in his scar when Voldemort is either active, nearby, or feeling strong emotions, is really the trapped bit of soul yearning to depart from Harry's body and rejoin its master soul.
While Voldemort did learn of Harry's telepathic ability, Voldemort was never made aware that Harry was inadvertently protecting a portion of his soul. When Voldemort attempted to kill Harry with the Killing Curse near the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, he destroyed the portion of his own soul embedded within Harry. Once destroyed, the connections between the two were also broken, and Harry never again felt pain in his scar. Rowling revealed that Harry has also lost the ability to speak Parseltongue.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf guvat unf orra qlvat sbe n pnpur! Jrqtrq va gvtug, ba gur fvqr snpvat qbja uvyy.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)